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Date: May 17, 2008, 05:56:59
Category: Photography -> Architecture
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Down Into the Calm (NE0006)

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If I am correct, your eyes should go down, and focus on the center. Sadly there isn't much to focus on, so I'm hoping that afterwards, your eyes slowly start to trail backwards.

Anyway, to rephrase, attempted to mess with depth. And figured I could post a colored shot instead of the bleak white/sepia one from before.
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Well, there are the mountains back there to focus on...  I don't think the color one is as dramatic as the b/w. It's a neat photo though. If you could catch it on a lightly cloudy day with the sun directly overhead it may add more impact to the scene.  A sunny day may just blow it out. :/ There's a lot of details to see here which is cool.
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The color isn't as dramatic, but I did wanted to take a step away from heavily inducing filters and effects upon my pictures.
I had a talk with B' about it, but I would like to know your opinion, If you go through my small number of photos I have, almost all have been edited, and in a way I feel that is cheating. I'm taking something, and changing it from its original content, using steroids in a sense to better the picture.
So I want to do a few, where I just rely on my skill instead of my knowledge of editing.

I was there the other day with a cloudy day, but the lighting wasn't good at all, but I do understand what you mean, something to fill up the blank canvas.
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Well, first.. what I was thinking about the lighting is that if it was shining straight down into that corridor, it would make the areas on the side look darker and more mysterious. But the light would have to be bright enough to have details, but not too bright as to blow out the details. Like this pic, but with the sun directly overhead not off to one side. I think it's a great place to shoot because there's so much to see with the arches overhead, the shadows and details. Really nice.

About post-processing (aka PP.) All digital photos need some processing. It's just the way it is. Every photo you see in a magazine or online (the great stuff that wows you) has been PP. Cameras aren't yet smart enough to make the colors exact (sometimes they get it right, but not usually.) That's why there's entire dossiers on color correction. Same with sharpening. Don't forget the darkroom was used by most great old film shooters to get the effects they were looking for. Now we have digital darkroom. That's NOT to say that you can't take it too far. Pushing the limits is great, but imo it's not something to do ALL the time.

My typical workflow is shoot in raw, then use adobe camera raw to correct exposure (if needed, usually not,) do color correction (almost always,) clarity, vibrance, then to the next page to add a little contrast. Sharpen a little on the third page of raw and then save as a tiff. Open in PS and straighten horizon, crop, etc. resize for what I'm using the photo for, sharpen and save. what's nice is that you can batch a bunch of pics that have the same lighing in raw and cut that time by a lot.  Dunno if that's  any help, but if I can, I'll be glad to elaborate... go over photos or whatever.
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Ah that makes sense
Well I need to stop by again for some last few finishing shots, and this time hopefully without threats of cops being called on me for 'trespassing' and taking pictures of 'private business' bleh, stupid fool.

That as well makes sense, I do edit, but at times I heavily edit, that other drastic one is an example, its extremely white, and bordered on an over contrast which is why a lil red shows through some areas. I never stopped to think of it as a digital darkroom, thats a brilliant view steffie!

It is helpful If I have any questions, I won't hesitate to come to you, just as long as you promise not to laugh if I ask something stupid
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Look at what Ansel Adams did in the darkroom.  It became a signature for him. So yeah, I think it's all good.  I'd never laugh at a question, I ask some that after I wonder wth was I thinking. ;)
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Now theres a name I haven't heard in a while.

Wait what? you get those infamous blonde moments too
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Interesting scene of something that once was hip and popular and crowded and now is only seen through your camera.
The converging lines are pretty cool, as you say, leading the eye straight to the center
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Life lives on as long as one person doesn't forget, and now we can all remember, through my camera at least.
Anyway, thank you rwirtz, glad to hear it does have my desired effect
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Yup, once captured a scene can never be forgotten
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Methinks I prefer the sepia version - Steffie was right on the money when she said it's more dramatic. In any case though, that's still a fascinating place, and well-captured!
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She was, I agree with both of you, but I'll copy and paste what I said to her.
"The color isn't as dramatic, but I did wanted to take a step away from heavily inducing filters and effects upon my pictures.
I had a talk with B' about it, but I would like to know your opinion, If you go through my small number of photos I have, almost all have been edited, and in a way I feel that is cheating. I'm taking something, and changing it from its original content, using steroids in a sense to better the picture.
So I want to do a few, where I just rely on my skill instead of my knowledge of editing."

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That makes sense - though if I personally submitted non-edited photos, my gallery would look awful. More power to ya!
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lol, usually my photos aren't just edited, they are heavily edited, I mean, when is the last time you've seen a purple sky and brown clouds?

More power to the both of us, we take awesome pictures,
and even if yours weren't edited, I'm sure they would still be cool!
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Good point! (Mine are the same way though, when it comes to 'heavy editing'... )
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Another abandoned mall?
Nice shot...
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Still the same mall, just had a few more pictures to show, And I have another 4 or 5 more?
But thank you
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